Gate for car-flatforms.



No. 783,739. PATENTED FEB. 28, 1905. H. 'WIITR GATE FOR CAR PLATFORMS.

APMIOATIGN FILED MAY 21. 1904.

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I-IUBICR'I IVI'ITE, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI, ASCIGNOR 'I O S'l. LOUIS(IAR COMPANY, OF SI. LOUIS, IYIISSOURI, A CORPORATION.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. "783,739, datedFebruary 2S, 1905.

Application filed May Z1, 1904. Serial No. 209,097.

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Be it known that I, I-I'Ueen'r Wrnrn, a citizen oi1 the United States,residing in the city of St. Louis, in the State ot' Missouri, have in- 5vented certain new and useful Improvements in Gates for Car-Platforms,ot' which the tollowing is a iull, ciear, and exact description,reference being' had to the accompanying d rawings, Forming part oi thisspeciiication.

IVIy invention relates to a Folding gate 'lor the platforms ot' cars,especi ally tl lose ol streetrailway cars.

llit-igure I is a side elevation ol my gate in closed condition. iig. IIisa top or plan view oi' the gate, shown in full lines in closedposition and in dotted lines in open position. fliiig. III is anenlarged side view ot' the upper hinge connecting' the two sections ofmy gate and the catch members by which the sections are locked inalinenient with each other when the gate is in open position. Fig. IV isan 4enlaigcal horizontal section taken on line IV IV, Iiig. I.

A designates the rear section olf my gate, and Ii the forward section.'Ihe sect-ion A consists of a plurality of upright rods I, the ends ofwhich are connected to a yoke E2, that at its rear portion serves anupright hingerod 3. This hinge-rod passes loosely through a pair othinge-brackets 4I, secured to the dashboard-wall at 5, as seen in Figs.I and Il.

6 designates collars fixed to the hinge-rod and resting upon thehinge-brackets i to support said rod, and consequently the gate-secqtion A.

'I designates hinge-sections that are secured to the upper and lowerforward ends oi the rear-gate-section yoke 2. These hinge members areprovided with eyes 8, that receive a hinge-rod 9, which passesverthzally therethrough, the eyes of the hinge-sections being at theoutermost sides thereof and the hinge members have heels that arelocated inwardly iironi said eyes.

The gate-section I5 consists o1? vertical rods I0, that are mountedwithin a yoke I1. At the rear ends ot the arms oit' the yoke Il arehinge members I2, that are provided with eyes bers 7. l/Vhen the hingemembers 12 are as- 50 sociated with the hinge members 7 and theliinge-rod 9 is passed therethrough the sections A and l are so jointedtogether that they may swing in one direction only, which di rection isinwardly over the caii,)latio1'm at 55 the center o'iE the gate when thegate is moved Ai' rom an un't'olded and closed position to a lolded andopen position, or reversely when the gate is open and is being closed.It will be seen that by the described construction ot hinge connectionbetween the gate-sections it is impossible lor the gate to be movedoutwardly at the juncture oi its sections beyond a point in which thesections are in alinement, as seen in Fig. II.

i3 is a keeper-tongue that enters into a socket Id, appropriatelylocated in the carwall for the reception olI said tongue, so that thegate will be heid with its sections in alinement when in a closedposition. i

For the purpose otl preventing the gatesections from swinging inwardlyat the point olf their l'iinged connection I provide a pair ot'slning-catehes 15 and I6, that are supported by hangers 17, lependinglrom the hinge members 7 and I2. 'Ihese catches are pro vided at theirlree ends with hook-noses l5 and IG', that are adapted to engage witheach other when the gate is in unfolded condition, as seen most clearlyin Iig. IV. By the provision of these catches it will be seen that whenthey are sprmiginto engagement in the unfolding of the gate their nosesbecome inter-locked, and therefore owing to the catches being located atthe inner sides oif the gatesections and opposite the pivotal point ot'said sections the hinge connection between the sections is positivelylocked. When it is desired to iold the gate, the spring-catches may bereadily disengaged by springing' them away from each other, after whichthe sections of the gate may be readily swung on their hinge rod 9 intoVfolded condition to be moved inwardly to the dashboard-wall oi the car,as illustrated by dotted lines, Fig. II.

I8 is a retaining-hook slidably positioned on one oi the gate-sectioli1rods 10 and upheld corresponding to the eyes of the hinge memW l by apin 2() in said rod, the retaining-hook being provided with anotch 19 toreceive said pin and hold the hook in aset position. Then the gate isfolded and moved to the dashboard-wall, the retaining-hook is lifted andits point is dropped into the eye of a bracket 21, secured to thecar-dashboard Wall to hold the gate from movement.

22 designates a tophorizontal hand-rail surmounting the yoke 2, and 23is a vertical handrail that is secured at its upperend to the tophand-rail and at its lower end to the bottom arm of the gate-sectionlvoke 2, as seen most clearly in Fig. I. These hand-rails being providedon the gate to be grasped by a person entering' or leaving thecarplatform are of the same utility as the hand-rails usually attachedto the Walls of cars at the entrance- Ways of the car-platform, andtherefore by providing the rails on the gate I dispense with thenecessity of providing them on the car- Walls. v

I claim as niv inventionl. In a car-platform gate, the combination of apair of sections hinged to each other,

hinges for' supporting one of said sections, and a retaining-hookslidably mounted upon one of said sections and adapted for engagementwith a suitably-supported keeper, substantially as set forth.

2. In a car-platform gate, the combination of a pair of sections hingedto each other and consisting of yokes and vertical rods, aretaining-hook slidably positioned on one of said vertical rods, and aYstop-pin for upholding said retaining-hook, su bstantially as set forth.

3. In a car-platform gate, the combination of a pair of sections hingedto each other and consisting of yokes and vertical rods, aretaining-hook slidably positioned on one of said vertical rods, and astop-pin for upholding said retaining-hook; Said retaining-hook being`provided with a notch adapted to receive said stop-pin, substantially asset forth.

HUBERT W'ITTE.

In presence of H. F. VOGEL, M. H. MURPHY.

